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Jan. 15,1929.

cHH. NORTH BRAKE Filed May 10, 1927 I N V EN TOR. film 12w b. $207118.

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/ Sw y-Ml M ,Patented Jan: 15,1929.

' cmfiinns H. NORTEOF sAN FRANCISCO, camroannn BRAKE. Application filed "m 10, 1927. jerial m. 196,16?

part of the axle housin port certain-parts of the brake structure, as 'will be' hereinafter explained. Mounted within the brake drum is a flexible brake shoe 16. This shoe carries a formed high coetfi his ch cient of friction and which lining ear against the. circumscribing'interior wall of the drum 10. The

t ie-stru-cture. This band is shaped to be norequall expanded within the drum, and will relation from the innersurface of the drum 5 there or'e have.-uniform frictional contact under normal conditions.

" therewithito pnevent excessive-wearing of the of the drawings, the main brake shoe at any oint thereon, and it is alsoprising theband 16 and its lining 17 extends desirable to provide ail-actuating mechanism substantially three fourths of the circumferwhich will insure that a maximum -frictional ential length of the cylindrical portion oft-he engagement-between the brake shoe and its brakedrum. The free ends of the brake shoe drum may bebrought out by minimum effort structure are fitted with hearing members 18 on the'part'of the automobile driver. It is the principal object of, the. present invention,

therefore, to provide a brakeof the internal p1 v0ta1ly secure dtothemembers 18 and 19 drum type which is so designed as to uni-- e pivot pins. The shiftmg .members f Iy' I g ndi r uf t th b k are substantially T-sha ed, the cross portion drum and to insure that the pressure will be f th T e ng f rmed y two oppositely exexerted the' levermechan sm actuated by d ng face cams 2st and 25,

'- the driver; and will-be increased by the fric resent seg of circles,

tional engagement betwe'enthe brake drum and its shoe. 1 "f he present: invention contemplates the use of a cylindrical brake drum within-which a'flexi 1e and expansible-shoe is disposed, said shoe being fitted with y b it of points throughout its: length, -and w ereby frictional contact between the shoe and the brake drum will ex ansive force he invention 'is' illustrated b ample by: the "accompanying -Which: I e V -Fig. 1 is a view inverticalend elevation show1n the complete brake structure with e present invention is concefned. ig. is a View in'hori'zontal. transverse section through the brake structure, as seen 11 the lines 2- 2 hf F i 1.

o 41 R partlcularly'to the drawfting members, thus providing atefaces which simultaneously contact with the sides of a floating lever block means whereby it 'bloclr is disposed between thecam portions of way of ex- 1 rawings, 1n

. pinion 33 extends. into the elongated opening 31 and its teeth mesh with the teeth of the gear rack. he pinion is eferring more mounted upon -ings, 10 indicates Y which is disposed against the side of anauto-- 35. A bra mobile wheel ll, and is secured by bolts 12. v

An'automobileaxle 13 extends through the b brake 'drum, and drives the'wheel 11 and the suitable hand drum. circular flange l4'isformed. as a 15 and serves supbrake lining 17'. of: a suitable material which has a Asseen in 1 v brake shoe comgear a shaft 34 extending through a cylindrical brake drum' the housing-{flange 1% and through a bearing UNITED sfrAT-Es PATENT OFFICE; 1 j

lly concentric to tl 1e brake drum and to pivot pins: 20 Shifting members 22 and 23 are which cams rept upon opposite sides of the center line of the p two arou- 65" flexible band 16 forms the main brake shoe of 2 v T i 1,699,307

I i the connecting rod 37 is drawn in the d1rec-" lieu of the arrow (1, as indicated in Fig. l, the pinion $223 will he rotated and will shift; the

floating lever block outwardly and radially.

of the brake drum. Mounted upon the outer end of the lever block 26 is a segmental hralie shoe 3 8 which carries a brake surface L It its lirertion" of travel and while swinging around the brake pinion 3 Attention is direetei l to the. fact that the friction surface of the shoe 38 is not concentric with the-inte+ rior (it the brake. drum, thus permitting itto have a slight. rolling action as the drum rotates so that there will notbe excessive hinrl ing and wedging at the ends of the auxiliary brake shoe. The moi'ment of the brake shoe with the drum will also t ndto swing the floating lever block froinits normal position,

at which time its longitudinal axis. stood; radially of the axle, and iii-swinging the lever block will act upon one of the cam'sn'n' faces 2!: -and 25 of'eaclrof thesliifiting nie1n-" hers 22 and 23 to expand the brake shoe 16'.

It is desirable during the 'same operation to expand the brake shoe l6 zit a point intermediate its free ends. -This lStlOitt! byproviding a rack block 40 which is secured to the brake shoe 16, at a' point intermediate the ends of the shoe and with'the hloclrextending radh ally of the axle. An elongated opening 41 is formedin this block, the upper face of which opening. is formed with a gear rack 42 with which teeth of a pinion 43 mesh This pinion is carried upon a shaft 44. Guide members 45 and 46 dcterminethe path of'travel along which the block 40may shift when the' pinion 4-3 isrotated. Secured to one end of the pin ion shaft: 44 is a level- 47- to which acon'n ecting rod 48 is pivotally secured bya pin 49.

This rod extends upwardly and over theaxle housing 15 to engage a lever .50 which is se cured to the shaft34 of the pinion 33,. It inay be desirable to adjust-the levers-47 and 50 with relation-to 'each other, andf'witlnthat shown a's being lirolien and with an adjusting holt 51 interposed between its separate parts ln operation of the present inventionthe brake 'is assembled as shown. and :ul ustment made-at 5i sothat the .brakuigffaces ol the main brake shoe 16 and" the auxiliary.

shoe Sk -will he equi-distant from thelirahe surfucei'of the drum 10. The free ends of the main brake shoe are also spaced the same distance from the brake surface, due to th'e' fixed dimensions of the shifting members-22 and 23.-.: When the brake is applied the conneeting rod 3'2 is pulled in the direction of the arrow a. This will swing the lever 36 in the direction of the arrow 6. as indicated in Fig. 1, and will rotate the pinion 33 in the brake; v 1 While I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it is to he understood. that varipurpose in view the connecting rod 48 is here in theappended claims;

ions and 43 will rotate in unison and will act to shift the'floating lever block 26 and the rack block 40 in diametrically opposite directions from the-center oftlie-axl el VYhen the friction lining 39 ofthe auiiliary'brake shoe 38, contacts with-the braking snrfaceof the brake drum 10 the entire auxiliary brake shoe will 'tend'to move with the drum. As-.- sumiiig, for exainple,-that the brake drum is; moving inthe'direction-ofthe arrow o it w ill be evident that the auxiliary brake shoe will tend to swing around the pinion 33in the direction of thearrowwli In this swinging operation the floatinglever; block willlalso be swung andwill act toseparate the shifting members 22.-and: 23;.1Th'isaetion is? broughtahont when the pressure is exerted upon ca1n25 or the shifting memb-e 'ae, and upon cam'24 of the shifting me her 23. ,The shiftingmembers will thus hej'niovediin .diametrically opposite,-.directioii's-v althoughh1 longitudinal (alignment. This alignment is maintained by pins 52 and 53 which .je'ictend through longitudinally disposed slotsfi i n the two shiftin'g rnemhersi and 23.)" As the shifting members 22 and-23 move in'opposite directions they will act upon the free ends. of the'niainbrake-shoe 16 and cause them to 'he shifted outwardly ;to engage the; braking 4 surface of the drum. It will thus he seen that when the-brake is' applied -the'mai'n' we brake shoe will heexpanded at three points, to wit: the center of the brake shoe.16-and1.

at its two .free ends, and it will'be further evident that in addition to the force obtained through the lever mechanisni'connectingthe 105" operatinglever oripedal with the brakes-than friction bet-,weenthe brake and its auxiliary shoe will increase the expansive action of the shoewithin the drum, and willfthereb iii-x.- crease the eliectiv'eibrakingaction o .theai] ou's cl'ian gesmay be made in its construction by those skilled in theart-withoutdepartin 11a irom the, spirit ofthe inrentioiuas define I-l'aving'thus described my invention, what 1 1 claim and desire to secure by LetterslPflt- 7 Pill is: i 12 i 1.. A brake structure comprising a c 'lindrical brake drum having an internal raking face, a main expanding brake shoe disposed within said drum and extending along a portion of the circumferential length of the braking face, an auxiliary brake shoe extending along a portion of the circumferential face ol the hralie drum, and means whereby frictioiial engagement between the auxiliary. brake shoe and the drum will act upon the ends of said expanding brake shoe to create additional expansive pressure thereupon, whereby an increased braking effect will be exerted by the main brake shoe.

2. Anautomobile brake comprising a brake drum having an internal. braking face, a main expanding brake shoe Within saiddrum and adapted to contact with thebraking face thereof, means for exerting an outward force v upon the main brake shoe at a point intermediate its length to move it into contact with the drum, an auxiliary brake shoe normally out of engagcn'ient with the braking face of the drum, means for simultaneously moving it outwardly into contact with the drum as the main brake shoe is moved, and means cooperating With said auxiliary shoe for expanding the main shoe when said auxiliary shoe Contacts with the drum.. 3. An automobile brake comprising a brake drum having an internal braking face, all-expanding brake shoe Within said drum and adapted tobe moved unexpanded into contact with the braking face thereof, an auxiliary brake shoe normally out of engage-v ment with the braking faceof the drum,

iary shoe outwardly "as the main brake shoe is moved into contact with said drum and means whereby frictional engagement between the auxiliary bral e shoe and the braking face of the drum will act to cause said expanding brake shoe to expand and exert a substantial- 1y uniform braking effect throughout its length upon said drum.

4:. A brake structure comprising a cylindrical brakedrnm having an internal braking surface, a main exipanding brake shoe dips posed within said rum, a radially movahie supportfor said main brake shoe intermediate its. ends, a radially brake shoe mounted to rock freelyupon its support when brought into frictional Contact with said drum when the latter is rotating, means for moving said main shoe with'its support and said auxiliary shoe radially into contact with the drum, and means between the free ends of saidmain shoe and said aux-,- wvhereby said main brake shoe iliary shoe will be uniformly expanded throughout its length as said auxiliary shoe is rocked by said drum. k

5. A brake structure comprising a cylin drical brake drum having an internal brain ing surface, a main expanding brake shoe disposed Within said drum, a radiallymovable support for said main brake shoe intermediate its ends, a radially movable auxiliary brake shoe'mounted to freely rock upon its support when brought into frictional contact with said drum when rotating,' rackand gear mechanism for moving said-main and auxi? iary'brake shoes radially-means connected with said rack mechanisms for simultaneously moving said main shoe with its support and said auxiliary V with the drum, and oppositely disposed pressure members between'the free ends of said main shoe and said auxiliary shoe adapted to exert an expanding force upon said main brake shoe when said auxilia shoe is melted by reason of engagement wits. said drum.

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movable auxiliary A shoe radially into cont ct 

